Wesley Guimarães

Wesley Guimarães is an actor, writer, director and teaching artist based in Los Angeles.​

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He was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro until relocating to Italy at age 16 to attend a United World College. From there, he immigrated to the United States to study Theater & Dance at Amherst College. He holds an MFA in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater.

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As an artist, he works from a deep sense of heritage and community to create work that uplifts his culture and celebrates his identity. He is a passionate collaborator whose work has been featured at the American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Rep, The Huntington Theater and film festivals in Los Angeles, New York and Brazil.

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The only child of a single mother who works in the cooking industry, Wesley is a competent sous-chef, a soccer fanatic, a lover of samba and Carnaval, and a disciple of Augusto Boal's teachings in The Theater of The Oppressed.